Children as young as 13 are being advised they can flout the age of sexual consent by a sordid NHS website.

The service, which is partly EU funded and is publicised in schools, even offers tips on sex acts.

In total defiance of the law, it advises that while sex under the age of 16 is illegal ‘you are the only one who knows when you are ready’.

NHS funded: Nothing is beyond the pale for the Respect Yourself website, even though it is aimed at children as young as 13

MPs and family groups say the service –
costing £56,000 and inspired by Dutch sex education techniques – should
be halted because it encourages sexual experimentation among children.

The Respect Yourself website and
smartphone app is the first service of its kind in the UK and has just
been rolled out across 39 secondary schools in Coventry and
Warwickshire.

The site also features a guide to erogenous zones (pictured), detailed pictures of male and female genitalia and a detailed guide to first-time sex

The site contains sexually explicit
images, diagrams of erogenous zones, a ‘sextionary’ of explicit terms
and advises ‘there is very little stopping you accessing hardcore
pornography from the comfort of your sofa’.

It also discusses prostitution, the
effectiveness of the morning after pill and suggests how children can
get hold of sex toys despite being under age.

The site’s ‘experts’, meanwhile,
suggest young children might want to put off speaking to their parents
about sex in case the subject upsets the parents.

In a question and answer section,
experts commissioned by the NHS answer questions about sexual practices.
Children as young as 13 are told masturbation will make them feel
‘de-stressed’ and have a stronger immune system.

Prostitution is described as
‘technically legal’ along with the explanation that ‘people have sex for
many different reasons, prostitution is one of them’.

A gallery of images of male and female genitals is featured on the website.

Users are encouraged to take a quiz
that poses multiple-choice questions to assess whether they are ready to
lose their virginity.

EXTRACTS FROM THE SEXTIONARY

AMAUROPHILIAA fetish when someone gets turned on by blindfolding their partner

AXILLISMSexual act where a man rubs his penis under his partner’s armpit

BLUE WAFFLESA slang term for nasty looking genitals infected with a host of different sexually transmitted infections

EPROCTOLAGNIAA fetish when you are turned on by people farting

GOUCH/GOOCHThe sensitive spot also known as the perineum

TRIBBINGSexual act where two women rub or grind their genitals against each other for mutual stimulation

Incredibly, on bestiality, the advice
is that while ‘sex with animals is illegal, fantasising is not’. Norman
Wells, spokesman for the Family Education Trust, said: ‘Parents will be
appalled health professionals have supported the development of a
resource that condones sexual experimentation by young people and uses
crude and sometimes even foul language.

‘It merely encourages an unhealthy
obsession with physical acts and will do nothing to help young people
build healthy relationships or prepare them for a stable and fulfilling
marriage in the future.’

Tory MP Philip Davies said of the
site: ‘It is completely unacceptable and inappropriate. The Secretary of
State [for health] should insist it is taken down straight away.’

But Amy Danahay of Respect Yourself
said: ‘It is important that young people get something they need and
want, and that onlookers understand the reality of what young people are
talking about.’

The website and app were funded with £24,000 from the NHS and £32,500 from the European Union’s Leonardo da Vinci programme.

This paid for 20 project workers to
visit the Netherlands, which has lower rates of teenage pregnancy and
sexual disease than the UK.

MsDanahay said: 'We have completed the young people’s wish list.

'They asked for the sextionary, pleasure zones and the opportunity to ask questions and have them answered honestly.

'There is also a section for parents as we believe it is important to keep them involved.

'The site is primarily for young people aged 13 upwards but some of the information may be useful for young people experiencing puberty.

'The website deals with this curiosity in a fun, yet carefully thought through and educational way.'

A spokesperson for Warwickshire County Council added: 'Whilst this site does contain explicit images of genitalia and language commonly used by young people it has all been put together for educational purposes with young people’s health and well-being at the heart of it.

'We can understand that parents may be concerned by some of the content on this website, however, please be reassured that this site has been put together with a lot of thought, care and attention.'